Taking Baby Steps

It took me almost a week, but I finally completed the first baby step off of FlyLady's website. I shined my sink. Everything I have been reading for the past several days led me to believe that doing this one little thing and making it a daily priority was going to totally change my attitude toward my home. Alright, I admit I am probably exaggerating just a bit, but so far I don't feel any different. My house is still messy and cluttered and overwhelming. Except now my kitchen sink is shiny. But I guess it is a start and I have decided that I am going to be totally committed to this. So I will continue to baby step my way to peace and organization. Here's hoping for noticable progress very soon!!

An End to the Chaos

Now that my busy season at work is over its time for me to turn my attention to all of the things in my life that have been put on the back burner for the past four months. Mainly my home. I tried to spend every free second I could with Brent and the girls or sleeping. So other than laundry and dishes, not much cleaning has taken place around here in quite a while. I have to give a shout out to Brent though. He really did take on a lot while I worked late at night and on Saturdays. We somehow did manage to paint the hall and the laundry room and clean all of the carpets in the midst of the craziness. But now that craziness is over and I am taking a new approach to getting things back in order.

A few days ago one of my friends on Facebook posted something about getting some of her organizational tips from the website www.flylady.net. I had never heard of it so I decided to check it out. Talk about overwhelming!! So many lists and tasks and journals and steps to declutter your life!! My first thought was to give up before even giving the system a try. What I was reading sounded great, but the reality is that I felt like I was going to need at least one extra hour in the a.m. and one in the p.m. to complete the morning routine and night time routine. I posted my discouragement on Facebook and something interesting happened. Several friends told me how they used this system and it really worked. So today I set out to begin "flying" as they call it. I joined the email group and had Brent pick up the stuff I needed to shine my sink (I recommend visiting the site to find out more about that one). Sadly there was a lot going on today and I never actually got around to shining my sink, but I am determined that I will do it tomorrow. I am going to jump in with both feet. Obviously my form of organization isn't working so I figure this is at least worth a try. I can't end up any worse off than I am right now!
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Work, Eat, Sleep, Repeat

That is what I have been doing for the past however many days since I have posted anything. Mostly working, but I don't do well without food or sleep. Believe me I've tried. Oh yeah and I have also been cleaning. I don't want to brag or anything, but I am really proud of myself for getting ALL of my laundry done in one day last weekend. I don't think that's ever happened before. Ever. So that's it. Nothing exciting to report here. Hopefully next time I will have something more entertaining to share!